Victor Forna

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Screenshot of a paragraph from Somto Ihezue's Desperate Ark Wives. It reads: And Sata was beautiful. The most beautiful girl. The most beautiful boy. Japheth was not sure. Sometimes, Sata was a tall, slender-muscled lad. Sometimes, Sata was a freckled girl with wandering eyes, and braids reaching for the ark floor. Sometimes, they were a giant. Sometimes, they had horns. Sometimes, they had a broken halo. But Japheth was certain of one thing; there was none more divine than Sata. Sata's eyes were stars in rivers of glass. Their body was bamboo, the way it bent, the way it swayed. Their skin was fleece dimpling under Japheth's fingers. And their hair was brown brown bark, it was white white clouds. Sometimes, Japheth wondered if he would ever be as beautiful.